Improvement in machines for binding grain



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S. T. HOLLY.

MACHINE FOR BINDING GRAIN.

No. 41.377. I Patented Jan. 26, 1864.

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S. T. HOLLY. MACHINE FOR BINDING GRAIN.

Patented Jan. 1864.

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S. T. HOLLY. MACHINE FOR BINDING GRAIN.

N0. 41.3.77. Pat n te-d Jan; 26, 1864.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT omen.

soLoMon T. ,HOLL'YQ'OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

'mr aovsmnn'r m MACHINES tion BIRDING- GRAIN.

I Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 41,377, dated January 26, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SoLoMoN T. HOLLY, of Rockford, in the I county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefnllmprovements in MachinesforBinding Grain, some of which are applicable to the binding of other substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, ahd

. exact description of my said invention, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure 1 representsan elevation of a grainbinding apparatus constructed according to m yinvention, and suitable to be connected with a, reaping-machine. Fig. 2 represents a plan of the same. Fig. 3 represents an elevatiorr of thesame, with the parts in the positions they'occupy when the sheaf is bound. Fig. 3 A represents a transverse section of. the apzontal section of the cord-twister detached,

Fig. 12, a plan of a part of the cord-securing mechanism below the line a; m of Fig. 7. Fig. 13 represents a plan of parts of the detent mechanism after the band is secured Fig. 14, a vertical section of a part of' the mechanism following the linear; an of Fig. 12; Fig. 10, a plan of the movable knife and its appurtenances, Fig-1'1, a vertical'section of the hearing of the cord-twister Figu15," aside elevation of the cord-securing devices in -t e post tions they-occupy immediately previous to securing'the band; and Figs. 16 represent views of the'revolving fork. Figs'flet-tto' 16, inclusivejaredrawn' upon' -a larger scalethan the other-figures." 1

The. object of my invention is to bind grain with cord and secure the ends of the band with facility and dispatch. The system which I employ for .thispurpose is to compress the grain into a's'heaf by means of a strap, to en'- circle it with the bidding-cord, and to secure theends of the band by twisting them together and tucking the twisted ends between the band and the grain, where they are held by friction sufiiciently to secure the band from slacking. My machinery for carrying this invention intov effect consists of many parts, some of which may be used with advantage in .combination with other means of securing the ends of the band. a The first part of my invention consists in the combination of a flexible strap with mechan ism for extending it round the bundle or gavel to be bound, and drawingit taut with varying force, so that the grain is com pressed by thestrap (previous to binding it) with a force varying according to the quantity of the grain in the gavel.

' Thespecial object of the se'c'ond part of my invention is to prevent the compressing-strap, when not acting, from interfering" with the movement of the grain to and fro'm'its position during binding, and consistsin arranging the instrumentality for applying the compressing-strap to the gavel in such manner that the strap is held out of the track of the grain while the latter is being moved to and from the place in which it is bound.

The third part of my invention consists in the combination of arcciprocating arm,fitted with fingers or their equivalent, for carrying the binding-cord, with a reciprocating bar, in such manner that the rectilinear movement of the bar causes the end of the arm. to describe a curve around the place where the sheaf is to be bound.

The sixth part of myinventionconsfists in the combination of the movable hinged hand and'fingers with an inclined plane to turn the hand partially on itsw'rist-pin, so as to present the cord properly to the band-securing devices.

The seventh part of my invention consists in the combination-of two pairs of fingers for hold in g the binding-cord in such manner that one pair will pass between the'other pair when mov-' ing in one direction, and" outside the otherpair' when moving in the oppoiite direction, whereby the end of the cord carried by the firstpair is delivered to and seized by the second pair.

The eighth part of my invention consists in J'ore the other arm, and remains practically stationary while the latter completes its move ment. i The ninth part of my invention consists in the combination of two reciprocating arms fitted with fingers to carry thebindin rcord round 'the gavel with a coi'd-twister for twisting the endsof the band together. 7

The tenth part of my invention consists in the combination of a pair of spring-fingers to hold the binding-cord with a pin or stud located between them and the position of the grain, and across which the cord is strained.

The eleventh part-of my invention consists in the combination of a pair of spring fingers holding the binding-cord with .a device for opening them, which 'is operated by the bandsecuring mechanism, so that the grasp of the fingers upon the binding-cord is relaxed at the proper time in the operation of securing the band. 4

The special object of the twelfth partof my invention is. toqprevent the slacking of the 'bindingrmaterial and compressing-strap during the operation of securing theban d, -and corisistslin thecombii ation of the instrumentality for applying either thebinding-cord or the compressing'stra'p', or both-of these, to the gavel withmechanism for holding that-part of said instrumentality which is in the vicinity of the band-securing; evic'es in its place until the'band is properly secured.

fThe thirteenth part of my invention consists in the combination of the cord-twister with a device for cutting the cord in such uian ner that the cord constituting the band-is severed from the remaiuder at the-proper timein the operation of twisting the ends of the band together. The fourteenth part of my invention consists in the combination of the cord-twister.'with a fork to tuck the twisted ends ot -theband between the band and the grain. I,

The fifteenth part of my i vention consists in the combination of the mechanism for operating the cord-twister with devices for stopping its motion when it is in the proper position for receiving the ends of the band to be twisted together.

Allthe parts of my invention are embodied in themaehinery represented in the accompanying drawings. The grain to be bound is placed in a cradle, A, upon one side of which are situated the devices for compressing the gavel and applying the binding-cord, while upon the opposite side are the devices for securing the ends of the band. I The former devices are'op- 'erated by means of a lever-handle, B, and the latter by means of a revolving crank-handle, 0, both of these being within the reach of an attendant seated upon a seat, D, carried by the machine. In order to compress the sheaf, aflexible strap ot'leather, E, is employed, which is applied to the gavel of grain, by means of two reciprocating curved arms F F. These arms also apply the binding-cord an d will hereinafter 'be called the cord-carrying arms. This strap is coiled upon a springdrum, G, which tends continually to wind it up, (the drum havand operation to a clock-spring.) Its end is conducted over friction-rollers aa uponone of thecord-carrying arms, and ismade fast to the The two cord-carrying arms are operated by the same reciprocating bar, as follows: Each ots with apair oi oscillating arms, d d, project ingfrom; cog-segments ff, which turn upon stationary fulcrum-pins secured to the frame oil-the machine. The teeth of these segments engage with corresponding rack-teeth formed bar H, so that as the bar is moved toand fro, the-extremities of the cord-carrying arms are caused 'to' describe curves around the opposite sides of the gavel of grain. In this movement .the extremities of the arms, starting from the .inovement of these oscillating arms by'the reciprocating bar H causes the vextremities of the cord-ca-rryin g arms to approach each other. The reciprocating bar is connected with the lower end'of the hand-lever B by means of a connecting-rod, I, so that the operator can work tion while moving, it is supported by frictionframe of the machine. The compressing strap is extended and whennot operating may not interfere with the movement of the grain toand from the cradle in which it is bound, the arms and their appur tenances which apply the strap to the gavel crating at one'si'de of said cradle, as shown at Fig. 1,.out of the track of the grain while being moved. interfere with the free movement of the cording a spring within it similar in construction extremity of the other cord-carrying arm F.

arm has a shank, b, which is connected by pivupon the opposite sides of the reciprocating side-of'the gavel opposite. the band-securing devices, diverge until the oscillating arms I 0i: 'd.d.,.are-upright, after which the continued"- the'arms without leaving his seat D and in. order to. maintain the ,bar in its proper posiwheels which run in guides J J, secured to the drawn'roundfthe'gavel'by theoperation of the cord-carrying arms,and in order that the strap are so'arrainged that they hold it when not up:

In order that the grain may not carrying arm, it is first partially compressed by a vibrating co m pressing arm, K. The compressingarm is pivoted to the frame of the machine, and it has a slotted shank, g, which is-applied to a friction-wheel carried by the reciprocating bar H, so that the movement of said wheel in the slot of the shank causes the compressing-arm to vibrate down and up. It is desirable that the compressing-arm should do its work before the compressingstrap or the cord is passed round the gavel. Its slotted shank g is therefore made in such form, as shownin'the drawing, that the movement of the compressing-arm is effected by the first part of the movement of the reciprocating bar, while during the last part of the movement the i'rictionwheel traverses the length of the slotted shank without imparting motion to the arm, whereby the compressing-arm is held sta one of its heads by a nut screwed upon the spindle or by a pin passed through the spindle. The end of the cord is conducted through a guide, '5, to the spring-hand M of the cord-carrying arm F. Each cord-carrying, arm is provided at its endiwitha hand, M M, connected with it by a wristpin or hinge, so that the hand may be turned toward the'cord-twisting devices.

Each of .these hands is held in its normal upright position, as shown at Figs. 4, 5, and 6,

by means of a spring, j, which acts through a rack upon a .cog'ged segment secured to the hand concentric with the wrist-pinL Each hand i8 fitt6d' with a pair of fingers or forceps, s s, to hold the cord. These project from the hands parallelwith the axis of the gavel to be bound.

.l( )ne finger'of each pair is grooved longitudinjall-y, as shown at Figs. 4' and 6, and the other is; arrangedto fit into the groove, so that the f't'wo can gripe the cord firmly between them.

Each finger is, secured to a cog-segment, t, which is mounted upon an arbor to which a spring is applied;whose tendency is, by turning the arbor, to force the fingers toward each other, and as the cogged segments of the two fingers engage, the fingers always interlock when permitted to approach each other. upper sides of each pair of fingers are beveled so as to form a shallow groove when the two fingers are close to each other; their lower sides are correspondingly beveled to form a blunt wedge when the two are close together. The movement of both pairs of fingers by the springs is limited in an upward direction by the contact of the ends of the cogged segments with stops, so'that the fingers cannot turn up ward beyond the line passing through the axes of their arbors, but they can be pushed downward as far as their 'cogged segments will permit without disengagement. The extent of other.

the movement in one direction imparted to the 'cord'oarryin g arms by the reciprocating bar H is sniiicient to cause the hinged hands to meet and then overlap each other, when they are in the positions represented in Figs. 1 and 2. As they overlap, the fingers s of the upper hand M bear upon the fingers s of the lower hand M, and pushing them down, open them and pass through between them he'nce if the end of the binding-cord be carried by the fingers of [he upper hand, it will be carried between the fingers of the lower hand, and the latter, closing by their springs above the fingers of the upper hand, will grasp the binding-cord. The several parts will then occupy the positions in which they are represented at Figs. 4 and 5. When, however, the movementof the reciprocating bar H is reversed, to cause the two hands to separate, the fingers s of the upper band are borne against the under side of the fingers s of the lower hand, are opened in adownward direction by the pressure, and pass outside of them, closing above them upon the binding-cord, so that as the hands separate the several parts will occupy the positions in the end of cord and hold it securely, while as the fingers of the upper hand open downward, the binding-cord renders through them as the hands separate. The continued movement of the reciprocating bar H in the direction of the arrow A, Fig. 2, carries the springhands in curves around the gavel to the side thereof at which the cord-securing devices are operated, and causes them to approach each As they approach, a pin, a, secured to the upper hand M (see Figs. 2 and 15) bears upon a curved inclined plane, .m, secured to the frame of the machine. This inclined plane slopes outward from the gavel, so that as the hand is depressed, its pin-glides downward and outward upon theinclined plane and the hand is turned outward until its edge bears upon a block, 0, which forms the bearing in which the shaft of the cord-twister turns. While the upper hand is thus being turned outward, the lower hand is turned in asimilar manner by the contactof its ed gewith a curved inclined plane, m, and of a pin, n, near its edge, with a curved inclined plane, m initil its edge bears against the under side of the block 0. The two hands are then in the positions they occupy when the band is secured, as represented at Fig. 15. The cord securing devices in this machine are mainly two, viz., the cord-twister by which the ends of the portion of the cord which constitutes the band around the gavel are twisted together, and a revolving fork by which thetwisted'ends are tucked between the band and the grain, where they are held by friction with sufficient force to secure the band. The cord-twister consists .to the beveled wheel P.

mainly of a pair of spring-jaws, uh, Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 15, secured by links to one end of a hollow shaft, 20. Thisshat't has a beveled pinion, P, atits opposite or outer end, which engages with and is turned by the beveled wheel P upon the upright shaft Q, which has at its upper end the crank-handle (J, by which the cord-twister is turned. The hollow shaft is traversed by a piston, :10, connected at its innerend with. the spring-jaws, and having a spiral spring coiled under its head, The tendency of this spring is to close the jaws and hold them closed until they are opened by pressure applied to the head of the piston by theactiou of an inclined cam-block, y, secured The revolving fork z is formed upon the upper end of an arbor, z, which turns in hearings carried by the lower .cord-earryingarin F. This arbor is provided.

at its lower end with a pinion, 19*, which, when the cord-carrying arms are in the positions they occupy when the band is to be secured, (see: Figs.'12 and 15,) is in'a position to be .tnrnedby a cog-segment, P, secured to the counter-shaftQ. This counter-shaft-is caused to revolve by means of the upright shaft Q,

.by connecting the two with cog-wheels 1? P The fork z,when not turning, must face the gavel, as shown at Figs. 4 and 5, so that the cord may extend through its crotch. It is held in this position, when its pinion is separated from the cog-segment P by the pressure of a spring, cl, Figs. 16, against a flattened portion of the collar of the fork arbor. This spring yields and permits the fork toqrevolve when force is applied to the pinion by the cog-segment P In order that the two ends of the part of the cord constituting the band may be twisted to-.

gether, they must be extended between the open jaws of the cord-twister so that the latter when closing may grasp them, For this purpose a fixed fork, z, is secured to the end .of the upper cord-carrying arm F, and apin, 0, is sepured to the upper hand 'M nearer the gavel than the spring-fingers; hence when the upper hand is turned on its wrist so as to project outward,as shown atFi g. 15, the cord passing from the gavel will be strained across the fork z and the pin 0 directly between the jaws of the cordtwister u u. The revolving fork 2, carried by the lower hand, stands in such a position that the cord seized by the lower fingers extends through its crotch, and b'etweenit' and the fingersthere is a pin, 0, upon the lower hand M, similar to the pin 0 on the upper hand,) ,over which the cord is extended ,so that it is within the jaws of the cord-twister. This pin 0 is mode use of to open the lower fingers so that they may release the cord at the proper time, as will be hereinafter described. it is therefore secured to one of the cog-segments of the lower pair of fingers, so that the application of pressure to'it causes the lower fingers to open. I

In order to out the part of the cord constiof a revolution.

tuting the band from the remainder, a pair of knives operating like shears are provided.- One blade 0 of this pair is secured to the block 0.- The other blade e is secured to the upper end of an upright arbor, b, which turns in the block 0, and has an arm, e, secured to its lowerend in a proper position to be struck by a cam-block, 0 secured to the under side of the beveled wheel 19 The arbor b has a spring coiled upon it which turns the blade back as soon as the cam-block passes by the arm e, and holds the blade stationary until the camblock again acts. The blade 8 when moved .by the cam=block e passes between the pin a and fingers of theupper hand, thus bearing the cord extended between them against the stationary blade, cutting it, and leaving the end of the portion extending to the reel fast in the fingers of the upper hand.

In order that the cord-twister may receive the cord between its jaws, it must stand with its jaws held open by the cam-block 3 in the position represented at Figs. 7 and 8. Then the first movement of the upright shaftQ carries the cam-block 31 past the head oi. the piston w, and permits the jaws of the twisterto close and gripe the cord. As the upright shaft turns, the under cam-block c operates upon the knife-e and causes the cord to be cut by the time the cord-twister has made a quarter The severing of the cord releases the upper end of the band; the lower end is released at the same time by opening the lower fingers by means of the pin a. In order to do this, a T-lever, d, is placed in the block 0, with its shank in a horizontal position, with the lower end of its head in a position to bear against the pin 0, and with the upper end of its head in a position to bodepressed by the inclined under side of the knifeblade 0 .This T-lever is borne up by a small spring, but when the knife is moved to cut the cord its inclined under side, passing over the upper end of the head of the T-lever, depresses it and forces its lower end tobear upon the pin a and openthe lower fingers, thus releasing the lower end of the band at about the same time that the upper end is cut loose from the cord leading from the reel. As both ends of the band are thus placed within the control of the cord-twister, its continued revolution (bythe turning of the crank haudle'fi) twists them together in the fork z until the cog-segment P engages with the pinion of the fork. When this takes place, the fork is turned'one revolution, which is completed while the cam-block bears against the head oftho piston a: and opens the jaws of the cord-twister, so that the twisted ends of theband are withdrawn from thc'cord twister and tucked between the band'andthe grain'. As soon as this is eflected, the lever B is moved to withdraw the cord-carryingarms F F, the compressing-strap E, and the compressing-arm K, and, as the first movement of the outer extremity of the lower cord-c'arryin g arm is in the direction of the length of the twisting-fork z,its .tines are withdrawn from the sheaf, leaving thetwis ted ends of the band tucked in between the grain and the band. The withdrawal of the arms and compressingstrapreleases the bound, sheaf, which is then removed fromthe cradle. I

In order that the lower finge'rs may be opened by the pressure ofithe end of the T- lever upon the pin c,-a-nd also that the lower arm which carries the end of the binding ma-- terial in its fingers and'one end of the com} pressing-strap may not move and relax the tension upon the gave], the lower cord-carrying arm must be held stationary or, locked fast untilthe binding is completed. This'is efl'ected bya segment-flange, D, (secured to the shaft Q',) which is passedbeneath the hand of the'a'rm, and then prevents its withdrawal. When the cord twister is in the properpositiou to receive the cord, the space between the ends of th'e segmentfflange is opposite the graimso that the lower hand can pass by the track of the segment (in revolving) to its proper position against the block 0; as, then,thesegn1ent is revolved, it passes beneath the hand and holds it stationary until the space is again brought round to permit its withdrawal.

It is i'mportantthat the revolution of the upright shaft Q should be stopped just when the cord-twister is open to permit the escape of the twisted cord, so as to be ready to reccive the parts of the next band, as shown at Figs. ,7, S, and 15. This is effected byimeans of a spring-stupor, whie'h'is controlled by the lower hand M. The stop is hook-formed its end projects through and is guided'by a slot in a stationary curved plate, G its shank has a spring, m, coiled upon it, w hich permits it to move in the same direction as the beveled wheel is turned as far as the slot in the curved plate G will permit. It is secured to a springholder, n which is pushed toward the upright shaft Q by the lower hand as it approaches the position it occupies when the cord is to be secured. When the spring-holder is in this position the hook-head'of the stop m is within the range of motion of a projection, e, se-

vented by the contact of the stop with the end of the slot in which it moves, which contact takes place when the cord-twister is in the desired position. As the operator may then withdraw his hand from the crank-handle O, the spring m of the step would tend to turn the upright shaft backward. To prevent this, a spring-pawl, g, is provided, and is so placed that its end passes behind the cam-block e and prevents any backward movement of the upright shaft; The beveled wheel P and shaft Q, are thus held for the time from turning forward by the stopm, and backward by the spring-pawl 9, but as the former is carried by the spring-plate n, which, as before stated, is pressed toward the upright shaft Q by the lower, hand M, the withdrawal oi the lower hand to release the sheaf permits the springplate 11.". to spring from the upright shaft-and withdraw the-end of the stop in" from the projection 0, thus leaving the beveled wheel free to be turned forward when next required. .As

the end of the stop in withdrawing clears the projection a, the spring mi on itsshankdraws its head backward, sothat when thelower hand next. presses the stop towardtheupright shaft, the end of the stop is behind the projection e,yand consequently does not prevent the turning of thebeveled 'wheel in a forward direction until it has made a complete revolutioin When the reciprocating bar is moved back to withdraw the cord-carrying arms, the compressing-strap, and the compressing-arm, the end of the cord held in the fingers of the upper hand is carried back, and, as the two hands meet and overlap, is applied, as before described, to the fingers of the lower hand, so that all the parts are again in the proper positions to commence bindinganew gavel ofgrain.

The binding apparatus thusdescribcd is arranged to have the gavel of grain'plzwed in the cradle by a fork operated by hand, and to havethesheafremoved by the same means. The Y binding mechanism may, however, be used in connection with machinery fordelivering the grain to it and removing the bound sheaf. As the tension of the compressing-strap is imparted by a coiled spring which is wound'up by the extension of the strap around the gavel, and as the force required to wind up such a spring increases, the tighter it is wound, and as a small gavel requires a less extension of the compressing-strap to surround it than a larger one, the compressingstrap, in the combination described, has the advantage of doing the work with a yielding pressure, which adapts itself to the quantity of grain, so that the gavel is always wellcompresseil,whetherthe quantity of grain be large or small. The coiled spring may, however, be replaced byan y other suitable means of imparting a variable tension to the compressing-strap. The arms ivhich apply the compressing-strap to the gavel are arranged in such inanner with reference to the position occupied by the grain during binding, and so hold the compressing-strap, that it is held out of the track of the grain, as shown .at Fig. 1, while gavel is being placed in position for binding and removed therefrom. This arrangement of the parts of the machine is important, because .a compressingstrap cannot be used with advantage if it be permitted to extend across the track of the grain and interfere with its movement. The construction of the instrumentalities for thus holding the compressing-strap and applying it' tothe grain may be varied 'without departing from the principle of thispart of my invention. The location of the cord-reel on the side of the grain-cradle opposite that at which the bandsecuring devices operate is advantageous, as

there is then no necessity of extending the cord across the position of the grain before the grainis placed in the cradle. The scour-ingot a cord band by twisting the endstogether and catching them between the'b'and and the grain,

ennblesthe band to be secured without the necessity of tying a knot, and simplifies the construction or the band-securing devices.

The holding fast or locking of the lower cord-- carrying arm (which in this machine is one of theinstrumentalities for applying both the binding material and the compressing-strapvent such change is to lock the instrumentalities in their position. In the present machine, as the upper cord-carrying arm is connected with the lower through the rack and segments, the locking of the lower one secures the up-' per one, so that the instrumentalities for applying both the binding material and the compressing-strap-are locked fast until the binding is completed; The construction of these instrnmentalities, and also of the mechanism for locking them or holding them fast inthe vicinity of the band-securing devices, may, of course, be greatly varied without" departing from the principle of this part of the inven tion- Having thus described anappa'ratus which embodies all parts of myinvention in a practical form, I deem it proper to state that I do not confine lily-invention to the precise construction which is represented in the said an paratu's, as the apparatus may be varied in form according to circumstances or to meet the views of difi'eren't builders of machines, and in construction, by the substitution of equivalent devices in the combinations invented by me, without departingfrom my invention, so long as the combinations as entireties retain substantially the same modes of operation.-

What Iclaim'as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,,is--

' 1. The combinationof a flexible compressingstrap with mechanism for extending it round thegavel to be bound and drawing it taut with a; variable force, the combination, as a whole,

operating substantially as set forth.

"I 2.. The arrangement of the instrumentalities for applying the compressing-strap in such manner that the latter is held out of the way of the grain while it is being moved to and from the place wl iereit'is bound, substantially as set' forth.

. 3. The combination of a reciprocating arm, fitted withfin'gers for carrying the bindingcord, with a reciprocating bar for operatin git, substantially' as set forth.

4. The combination of two reciprocating arms with fingers to operate upon the bindingcord, and with the same reciprocating bar, so

that the two arms are caused to embrace opposite sides of the gavel to be bound and apply the binding-cord by the movement of the.

same bar, substantially as set forth.

5. The-combination of a reciprocating arm with a hinged hand fitted with fingers to carry the binding-cord, substantially as set forth. v6. The combination of a hinged hand, fitted with fingers, with an inclined plane .or other instrumentality to turnthe hand. on its wristpin, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of two pairs of fingers. (for holding the binding-cord) and the mech-' anism for moving them, in such manner that one pair will pass between the other pairwhen moving in one direction (relatively thereto) and outside the said other pair when moving in the opposite direction, (relatively thereto,) so as to deliver the cord held by the first pair .to the second pair, the combination, as a whole, op-

erating substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a gathering-arm with the same reciprocating bar that operates .the arm (or arms) which carries the-binding-cord or the compressing-strap in such-manner that the said gathering arm completes its movemeet before the other arm does,' substantiallyas set forth.

9. The combination of two reciprocating arms, fitted with fingers tocarry the'bindingcord, with a cord-twister .for twisting theends of the band together, substan tially asset forth.

10. The combination of fingers carrying the bindingcordwith a pin "or stud across which the binding cord is strained, substantially. as set forth. i

11. The combination of fingers holding the binding-cord with an instrnmentality for relaxin g their hold on the cord which is operated by the band -'seeuring' mechanism, substantially as set forth.

' 12. The combination of the instrumentalities for applying the binding material or the compressingstrap. to the gavel, with a lock-. ing mechanism for holding them fast until the binding is completed, the combination,as a whole, operating substantially as set forth. 3

13.v The combination of the cord-twister (having jaws adapted to seize andvhold cord) with a knife for cutting the cord, substantially as set forth. Y Y

14. The combination of the cord-twister with proper position for receiving the ends of the b'and,the combination,as a whole, opera-ting substantially asset forth.-

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto snb scribed my name.

, Witnesses:' SOLOMON T. HOLLY.

SILAS G.- TYLER, B. ROBERSON. 

